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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Christmas Card Design • 2012

November 1st is when I start collecting ideas for my annual Christmas Card. I have been hand making all my cards for years and I started keeping the collection in 1984. I blogged about all of them last year in this post here but here are a few of my favorites from over the years.....

2005 • Pierced-Cut Tree

1985- Pop-up Tree

1999 • Spiral Tree

2003 • Folded Stars

I have started to collect ideas for my new card and 2012 will be a new experience because this is the year that Pinterest came into my life! Up until this year I would save magazine photos, old cards, links to websites, etc. But now I have a board full of Christmas ideas and many of them are card related. Here is a run through of some of my current favorites....

You can tell by my photos above that I lean strongly to the classic red and green in contemporary graphic designs. Interesting that I have a selection some white or neutral samples this year. I love the corrugated cardboard used here.

Merry, Let me know which of all 30 years is your favorite. There is quite a selection. I am hoping to get a Silhouette cutting machine for my birthday and that should open up some great possibilities for cards. I cut all those little lines on that first tree by hand - for 70 cards. As always, thanks for visiting and commenting.

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Just an everyday lady, married to a wonderful guy, with two grown daughters and a growing number of grandchildren. My approach is one of living creatively whether in crafting, cooking, organizing or problem solving. This blog is to share with you the individual and unique solutions I implement in every day life. Hopefully, you'll find an idea that will lead to an inspiring solution in your life as well. Enjoy and thanks for visiting.